Tag: threat
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Sadistic online exploitation: five warning signs for parents and how to keep young people safe
Offenders use threats and manipulation to coerce victims to produce imagery or livestream sexually explicit acts, self-harm or animal cruelty. How can you protect your child?<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2026/aug/31/online-extortion-grooming-764-social-media-apps-ntwnfb”>The sadistic online groomers targeting victims around the world and a mother’s struggle to keep her daughter safe</li><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/jul/21/764-network-gamification-of-harm-the-com-cybercrime-ntwnfb”>Inside the horrifying online network where children coerce others to commit…
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Offensive Security Investments Surge as AI Threats Increase
Omdia’s Theresa Lanowitz talks with the Dark Reading News Desk about the potential, and risks, of using agentic AI for penetration testing, red teaming, and other practices. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/offensive-security-investments-surge-ai-threats-increase
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ownCloud Flaw Exploited to Steal Nuclear Records From Philippine Research Body
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a critical security flaw impacting ownCloud to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog following reports that a Chinese-speaking threat actor weaponized the vulnerability to target a nuclear research body in the Philippines.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-49105 (CVSS score: 9.8), is a case of First…
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When Malware Does Math: The Arms Race Between Sandboxes and Self-Aware Threats
Modern malware can detect sandboxes and stay dormant, making inactivity a potential sign of evasion. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/when-malware-does-math-the-arms-race-between-sandboxes-and-self-aware-threats/
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Arrests Hinder TeamPCP, But the Threat is Still Out There, Researchers Say
Two members of TeamPCPwere arrested, hampering the operations of the notorious threat group behind a series of high-profile supply-chain attacks. However, while researchers applauded the law enforcement action, they warned that the danger is still out there. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/arrests-hinder-teampcp-but-the-threat-is-still-out-there-researchers-say/
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Frontier AI tipping the scales toward cyber adversaries
Researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 warn that threat actors are already using AI to accelerate cyberattacks beyond the abilities of modern defenses. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/frontier-ai-tipping-scales-cyber-adversaries/829088/
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Suspected Iran-Linked Cyberattack Knocks UK Power Plant Offline for Four Days
A cyber incident reportedly forced a small UK power generation facility offline for about four days in July 2026. While the activity has been linked in reporting to Iran-affiliated hackers, the UK government and National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have not formally attributed the incident to Iran or any named threat group. The event became…
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BlueDelta Targets Defense and Diplomatic Organizations With HOOKEDGE Malware
Russian state-linked threat actor BlueDelta has launched a renewed espionage campaign against defense manufacturing, government, and diplomatic organizations in Romania, Spain, and Türkiye using a lightweight Windows backdoor dubbed HOOKEDGE. The activity, tracked from late September 2025 through early April 2026, relied on macro-enabled Microsoft Word documents and legitimate webhook infrastructure to establish access, execute…
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Threat Actors Abuse Cursor Agent AI to Assist Ransomware Operations
Aurora ransomware operators are abusing SpaceX’s Cursor Agent AI tool to conduct tasks such as reconnaissance and exploitation activities First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/abuse-cursor-agent-ransomware/
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Hackers Can Buy Corporate Executives’ Social Security Numbers for Just 25 Cents
Corporate executives’ Social Security numbers (SSNs) are being sold on dark web identity marketplaces for as little as $0.25 per record. This creates a low-cost entry point for fraudsters looking to commit executive impersonation, business email compromise (BEC), and identity theft. Recent threat research from Rapid7 reveals an increasingly sophisticated >>identity-as-a-service<< ecosystem. In this environment,…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…
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Centralize Like You Mean It, Federate Like You Have To
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, dns, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, network, PCI, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, windows, worm(by Anton Chuvakin & Usman Chaudhary) Prologue: Three Years After “The End Is Nigh” Back in 2023, one of us wrote “Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?””Š”, “Šan admittedly incomplete-thought blog with a scary premise: after 20+ years of yelling “centralize your logs!” (the earliest surviving deck is from 2003), we may be running out of…